Desmosedici RR Unveiling
The Ducati Desmosedici RR production prototype has been launched
at Mugello on the eve of the Italian Grand Prix. Available
from July 2007, this first true MotoGP replica motorcycle
can already be reserved from the official Ducati dealer network.
DUCATI DESMOSEDICI RR: THE ULTIMATE DUCATI EXPERIENCE
Scarperia del Mugello (Italy), June 1st 2006 - Ducati has
chosen the magical atmosphere of the Italian Grand Prix at
Mugello to launch the Desmosedici RR production prototype.
The dream of a true GP replica has finally come true and the
Desmosedici RR will be the first-ever road-going motorcycle
to offer such a stunning wealth of performance and technology
that comes directly from Ducati's experience in MotoGP. The
RR derives from the Ducati Corse Grand Prix racing Desmosedici
GP6, the same bike with which Loris Capirossi and Sete Gibernau
are competing with in the 2006 MotoGP World Championship.
The Mugello launch is the perfect occasion to reveal the
shape and the technical characteristics with which the bike
will go to market, confirming the high technological features
of this exclusive and esoteric machine.
The body design and the aerodynamics faithfully reflect the
Desmosedici GP6. The colour scheme, the fittings, the materials
used in its construction as well as the technical features
of the powerful four-cylinder desmodromic engine built by
the Borgo Panigale factory engineers, leave no doubts whatsoever:
the Desmosedici RR is the ultimate expression of the most
extreme MotoGP racing machine today.
The project is currently in the industrialization phase and,
as previously announced, it will be a limited edition motorcycle,
with approximately 400 bikes being produced a year. The RR
is scheduled to arrive in the market in July 2007, while from
June 2nd 2006 it will be possible to reserve the bike through
the official Ducati dealer network, with Ducati 999R owners
receiving priority.
This is the new frontier of Ducati technological evolution,
a dream come true, demonstrating once again the courage and
the passion of Ducati, as well as the ability to transfer
the experience of the racing world to a machine that is destined
for road use.
Federico Minoli - Chairman and Managing Director of Ducati
Motor Holding - and Claudio Domenicali - Product Director
of Ducati Motor and Managing Director of Ducati Corse - together
with Ducati Corse riders Loris Capirossi, Sete Gibernau and
Vittoriano Guareschi were at Mugello to unveil Ducati's latest
jewel of technology.
"This is an important moment for us, another dream come
true. Producing the Desmosedici RR means offering the ultimate
expression of Ducati technology, while remaining faithful
to the tradition of every one of our road and racing bikes,"
declared Federico Minoli. "It is a challenge that we
wanted to accept and although relatively few bikes will be
made, the RR will be a true object of desire for all Ducatisti.
It will be the ultimate Ducati experience, one that best exemplifies
the passion and the ingenuity for which we are famous. Meanwhile
the twin-cylinder remains and will continue to remain Ducati's
traditional engine, having equipped all of our production
models in the past and equipping them in the future."
"The Desmosedici RR is a true Grand Prix replica,"
commented Claudio Domenicali. "The technological level
of this bike is extraordinarily high and for the first time
ever all the authentic performance and technology of the ultimate
MotoGP racing machine have been transferred to a road-going
motorcycle. Over 200 hp of power for a bike that features
exclusive components and quality materials, destined to become
the new point of reference for production motorcycles. There
couldn't have been a better place than Mugello for the unveiling
of this new bike and who better to take the wraps off it than
Loris, Sete and Vittoriano, because this bike is also their
bike and all of their experience has gone into developing
this road-going motorcycle."
Technical features at a glance
Desmosedici engine features:
• 200+ hp with racing exhaust kit (supplied with every
bike)
• 989cc L-Four cylinder, Twin Pulse configuration
• Desmodromic, with 16 titanium valves (Desmosedici)
• quadruple 12 hole ‘micro-jet' fuel injectors
• Double overhead cams, gear driven
• titanium connecting rods
• cassette transmission
• sand cast engine cases
• magnesium covers
• 4 into 2 into 1 vertical exit exhaust
• dry ‘Slipper' clutch
Desmosedici chassis features:
• Hybrid Trellis frame
• Carbon fibre seat support
• Öhlins nitrogen pressurized reservoir 43mm "FG353"
PFF forks
• Öhlins four-way adjustable rear shock with GP6
linkage and geometry
• Brembo radial "monoblock" front callipers
• forged and machined Marchesini magnesium wheels
• New lightweight Corse electronic multifunction dashboard
• aluminium alloy tank
• Full Carbon fibre body
• Bridgestone tyres with special profile and structure
The Desmosedici RR will be available with a special race kit
that includes a 102 dB racing exhaust, a dedicated CPU, bike
cover, track stand.
For this exclusive Ducati model a new dedicated service plan
has been devised thanks to which each Ducati Desmosedici RR
owner can count upon a three-year warranty and a three-year
maintenance period free of charge.
Two versions of the RR will be available: the Desmosedici
RR is painted in ‘Rosso GP', has a white number plate
on the tail section and a white Ducati logo on the fairing,
while the Desmosedici RR ‘Team Version' is painted in
‘Rosso GP', and as with the factory Corse bikes, has
a broad white stripe on the fairing. A team sponsor decal
kit will be provided with each bike.
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